Chapter 3481

Ye Liuyun had also considered increasing the capacity of the Essence Storage Stone again.

But the artifact refiners under his command were not skilled enough to refine higher-grade treasures. He also did not want to seek out other artifact refiners and reveal more of his trump cards, so for the time being, he could only make do.

“There are restrictions everywhere. I really need to hurry up and improve my strength!”

He sighed and then began absorbing the relic he had just traded for, strengthening his Buddhist radiance in preparation for going to the demon race in the future.

Ye Liuyun had also made a name for himself in the sect after this battle.

Moreover, with a petty man like Qi Shengyu fanning the flames, it soon became common knowledge throughout the inner sect that Chen Yueying had a guard who possessed a large number of sect points.

Thus, the greedy ones were the first to set their sights on Ye Liuyun. But Ye Liuyun and Chen Yueying remained in their residence cultivating and never went outside.

Those with higher cultivation levels or better residences were not allowed to challenge Chen Yueying directly either. Thus, the stronger disciples could only bring along some weaker ones and challenge Chen Yueying under the pretext of assisting them in battle.

As a result, people came to challenge Chen Yueying at her mountain every day, one after another. There were even martial artists at the sixth level of Taixu who came knocking.

Every group that came had at least two people. Ye Liuyun left the opponents at lower cultivation levels to Chen Yueying for practice, while he used Spatial Force and the Demon-Slaying Saber against the stronger ones, hacking them half to death before robbing them.

As for those who dared come without any points, Ye Liuyun spared not a single one. Thus, his own points also increased rapidly. It soon became common knowledge throughout the sect that anyone without points should not go to Chen Yueying’s mountain.

“The points you’ve earned recently are greater than all my points put together! You really know how to rake in resources!”

Even Chen Yueying marveled at how quickly Ye Liuyun earned points.

When Qi Shengyu saw that these people were no match for Ye Liuyun either, he began actively finding people to attack Ye Liuyun. This time, he gathered several martial artists at the fifth and sixth levels and went with them to challenge Chen Yueying.

The moment Ye Liuyun saw their lineup, he guessed that Qi Shengyu had sent them. The one who initiated the challenge was only a disciple at the fourth level of Taixu, while the other eight assisting disciples were all far stronger than that martial artist in both cultivation level and strength.

“Hahaha, welcome to the challenge!”

In Ye Liuyun’s eyes, these people now looked like points delivered straight to his door. Whether or not Qi Shengyu had sent them, he welcomed them from the bottom of his heart.

Soon afterward, the formation activated and sealed all of them on the mountain.

He and Chen Yueying also fought them one by one. This time, Chen Yueying challenged an opponent at the fifth level of Taixu and relied on her armor to hold out until the end, ultimately fighting the martial artist to a draw.

Chen Yueying had fought quite a few battles recently, and her combat experience was much richer than before. Her true essence had also grown increasingly condensed, so after this battle, she would be able to break through to the next level.

The others were all defeated by Ye Liuyun with the same move, regardless of whether the disciples attacked first. None of them could break through the Spatial Force he merged with the void, while their defensive treasures could not withstand the Demon-Slaying Saber either.

Even when Ye Liuyun was occasionally struck by those disciples, he blocked their attacks with his arms. Even if he simply endured them with his physical body, it could withstand them.

After Ye Liuyun took down seven disciples at the fifth and sixth levels, only the disciple at the fourth level who had issued the challenge and one expert at the sixth level remained.

“We’re not fighting anymore. The challenge ends here!” the disciple at the sixth level said directly.

“Fine by me! Hand over your resources and points, and you can get lost!” Ye Liuyun had also had enough of fighting, so he did not refuse.

Unexpectedly, the disciple let out a cold snort and said disdainfully, “Do you know who I am? How dare you ask me to hand over my resources?”

Chen Yueying also sent Ye Liuyun a voice transmission: “This man’s name is Yuan Sheng. He’s Hou Yuanqing’s cousin. Hou Yuanqing is one of the higher-ranked disciples in the inner sect, at the seventh level! He should have already been promoted to an elite disciple!”

The Thousand Spirit Sect had a rule: once an inner-sect disciple broke through to the seventh level of Taixu, they would be promoted to an elite disciple. Their status was far higher than that of ordinary disciples.

“So what? Aren’t elite disciples still disciples? Does that mean they can ignore the sect’s rules and attack us whenever they please?” Ye Liuyun countered.

“They still have to obey the sect’s rules. But these people wield considerable influence, and many others curry favor with them. If you offend them, they only need to make a casual call, and plenty of disciples will act on their behalf!” Chen Yueying explained.

“Isn’t that even better? I was just worried that I didn’t have enough points!” Ye Liuyun did not care in the slightest.

Chen Yueying knew she could not stop Ye Liuyun, so she went along with him. “All right, as long as you know what you’re doing!”

When Yuan Sheng saw Chen Yueying transmitting to Ye Liuyun, he assumed that they did not dare attack him. He therefore put on an even more superior air and waited for Ye Liuyun to apologize.

Little did he know that Ye Liuyun completely ignored his status as an elite disciple and shouted directly, “I don’t care who you are! Either hand over your points, or I’ll beat them out of you! Without points, you can go die! Now get out here and accept the challenge!”

“You... you lowly ant, how dare you curse at me?” Yuan Sheng was left flustered by Ye Liuyun’s attitude.

“You’re a piece of trash. So what if I curse at you? I’m going to beat you too!”

As soon as Ye Liuyun finished speaking, he did not even wait. He attacked Yuan Sheng directly, flashing to his side and bringing his saber down in a single slash.

Yuan Sheng was startled as well. He knew he was no match for Ye Liuyun, so he could only defend with all his strength at that moment, even taking out a seventh-grade shield to block Ye Liuyun’s slash.

This seventh-grade shield had taken him a long time to beg from Hou Yuanqing. It was his first time using it; he had not had the opportunity to use it in his previous battles.

“A seventh-grade treasure? Let’s see what you’ve got!”

The moment Ye Liuyun saw the seventh-grade treasure, he became interested as well, wanting to test the Demon-Slaying Saber’s power.

“Leave it to me. Piece of cake!”

The Demon-Slaying Saber responded as well and came crashing down.

The shield was cut cleanly in two by the Demon-Slaying Saber as if it were made of paper. The slash continued into Yuan Sheng’s body as well. However, because the shield had blocked it, the force of the blow was greatly reduced, and the protective garment he wore stopped it.

“My shield! Damnable ant, how dare you damage my shield!” Yuan Sheng was still lamenting the loss of his shield.

In his eyes, Ye Liuyun was nothing more than a guard, yet he had dared damage his shield. Even killing Ye Liuyun would not make up for his loss.

However, Ye Liuyun did not stop. He continued pressing close and chasing Yuan Sheng with slash after slash.

Yuan Sheng turned sideways to evade one slash, but Ye Liuyun swept another across. He finally failed to dodge and was nearly cleaved in two by Ye Liuyun’s blade.

That was only because Ye Liuyun suddenly held back his strength and spared his life.

In Ye Liuyun’s eyes, Yuan Sheng’s worthless life was not worth as much as his points.